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Hospital Appointment

I was awake this morning around 7.20. I toyed with the idea of trying to go back to sleep but by the time I had made the obligatory bathroom visit I was too alert.

Time to go to the kitchen and make a pot of coffee. That done, I went back to bed for another hour, sipped my coffee and read the morning’s news on my iPad. News has changed over the past few days; Brexit has given way to coronavirus or Covid-19 to give it its official title. We’ve had four deaths so far in the UK. All four were reported to have established underlying health issues before their demise. It’s still a bit concerning of course, as I’m in one of the higher risk groups myself, being in my sixties.

Had a quiet morning and a bacon sandwich for lunch before heading out to go to the hospital for an appointment regarding my hernia. We got there in good time and waited quite a while as they were running about 45 minutes late.

I’ve got to have a colonoscopy and endoscopy to check everything is OK before they do anything else, so I just have to wait for an appointment for those to come through.

As we left the consultant’s office disaster struck. As I put my shoulder bag back on, my mobile phone fell out and hit the floor. It broke the screen protector and also the screen itself. Now the selfie camera doesn’t work so I have no Face ID. Everything else seems to be working though.

Cracked iPhone XS Max Screen

We decided to get a new phone so we’ve ordered an iPhone 11 Pro Max from Apple and it should be here in about 4-5 days.

Kathy is making dinner right now. We had some rather tasty fried rice and left over ham, along with some steamed cauliflower and runner beans.

Sat and watched three episodes of The Coastal Path with Paul Rose on BBC2, followed by University Challenge and Miriam Margoyle’s Fat Adventure.

Went to bed around 10pm.

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Sunday Morning

I was awake at around 6.30am. It’s getting light earlier in the mornings and initially I thought it was a bit later.

I laid there for a while and then got up to make some coffee.

I returned to bed and drank my coffee whilst reading the news on my phone. Kathy woke up and we got up. I made sausage and egg for breakfast along with some more coffee.

Then we walked up to Cranford Park for the first opening of the Secret Garden this year. The river Crane was in full flow after the recent rains.

Plenty of volunteers were working on the Ha Ha , removing the ivy and other weeds from the brickwork. There were also a number of folk in the Secret Garden itself.

After a while along came the rain showers. E we decided to head for Starbucks on Bath Road for refreshments but it started raining again as we crossed the meadow. We got a bit damp but nothing too bad really.

The coffee was most welcome though.

Back home from a wet walk and it’s time to get dinner sorted. Roasted chicken thighs, roast potatoes, mashed swede and boiled carrots was the order of the day.

Watched Countryfile on BBC1; fairly regular Sunday evening viewing. Headed off to bed around nine as I was feeling quite tired after waking up early in the morning.

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